Camp and lunch kit



June 12, 1923. .n 1,458,679

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A. H. BISHOP CAMP AND LUNCH KIT Filed Oct.l 9 1 920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Y suav Patented June 12, 1923.r

UN-rrvff.STATES ARTHUR Hl BisHor, or,` New Yoan, NQ Y,

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To @ZZ/whomtmag/ concern^`^ i 44Be it known that Ln'rHUnHQBIsHoP, a citizen ofthe United States, and resident of'New York, in the county' and State of` New York, have invented certain new; and

useful Improvements 'in Camp andfLunch Kits, of which the following is afull'gclear,

and exact specification.` i

This invention relates tof camp' andlunch kits, and has for its object to providean improved receptacle for carrying and hold ing the necessary dishesandutensils for cooking andserving a meal on acamplng trip or at home. v u j T he invention contemplates the use of a covered receptacle providedwith racks for dishes and knives, forks and spoons in the cover, and racks for dishes and utensils around the sides and ends of the receptacle proper, while in the center of said rec eptacle there is arranged a heater or cooking stove. A special object is to provide the racks in the receptacle with notches to receive the handles of cups or other utensils which handles are allowed to protrude into the central portion of said receptacle while the racks or pockets are of the proper sine to snugly hold, the body portions of said cups or utensils and prevent breakage thereof. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompany,- ing drawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more speclfically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the receptacle taken just in rear of the heater or cooking stove and showing the cover raised. f

Figure 2is a plan view of the receptacle open and the cover broken away.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section of the receptacle and cover with the' latter raised, the section being taken on the line III-III of Figure 2. f f

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section of the receptacle with the cover broken away, this section being taken on the line IV--IV of Figure 2 and showing the end racks more clearly, and

Y Appiictiba fired loetobere, `192e;y serial no. 415,85,

Figure isade'tailed section throughy one of the end yracksin the receptaclet'aken on the 'line VV of 'Figure 2f The receptacle'1`mayv be made `rectangular in' shapeandof' anydesired materialr and dimensions, The cover 2`may `behinged'to.

the ireceptacle f as' at 3 andr is *made to'v fit snugly thereon preferably having 'a' beveled edge 4:' Ato v'engage' a correspondingly 'beveled edge 5 around the margin ofsaid`rece`ptacle--` The cover is'p'referably madera-ther shallow and is designed toV hold plates', knives 7,

forks f8, spoons ,9J and the top 10'of a coffee' percolator. These knives, forks and spoons are heldl in place by spring clips 11, rone n ingstove 13, preferably an electric cooker having a plurality ofcooking surfaces orr units 141 best shown in Figure 2. The racks along the front and rearedges of the receptacle are separated by vertical partitions 15 spaced to provide the racks or pockets'of the desired size for holding cups 16, Jars k1"( adapted to hold foodstuffs, cook- Ving `utensils 18 and parts of a coffee perco lator 19. A pocket 20 is also provided forv holding the coil of wire21 leading to the electric cooker. Each rack or pocket is completed by a strip 23 arranged parallel to the front andv rear of the receptacle, which strip preferably extends about half the distance from the bottom tothe top of said receptacle and has a notch 22 ycentrally of its upper edge through which the handles 24 of the cups 16, or the tops 25 of the cooking utensils 18, or the reduced upper end 26 of theupper section of the coffee per-y colator are adapted to extend while the body portions of said cups, utensils, etc., are tted snugly in the' pockets. While only two cups are shown in Figure 2, and thek other racks along the front edge of the receptacle are fitted with jars 17, allk of the pockets along the front are preferably pro-- vided with the notches 22 as shown in order to .accommodatesJ greater number of cups if desired.

27 into a large middle pocketj28- andl twosmall end pockets 29 all having a common front strip 30 or racks. The middlepocket 28 at each end of the receptacle is designed toihold a toaster 31 or frying pan 32 to be used von the electric cooker 13 and preferably has a notch 341 in its front strip, while the smaller pockets 29l hold salt and pepper cruets Phe-relative sizes of the pockets may, however, be Achanged so as to accommodate dif'- erent utensilsk if desired. y

Having thus described my invention-,What Ivr claim asnew andde'sire to secure by Letters Patent of the United. Statesy is 1- A portablelunch. kit having a receptacle, strips-fixed along the botto-rnA of sai-d receptacle and: arranged parallel to theewalls thereof, partitionsv dividing lthe space between-said strips and the walls into separate racks for holding: utensils, there beextending about the samev height as the strips S23-of the other pockets' ing a notch in each of said strips between adjacent partitions for receiving projecting portions of the utensils when mounted in said racks, and a cover kfor said receptacle ademtechwhen closed7 to retain said utensils in the receptacle racks.

2. A portable lunch kit having a receptacle, stripslXed along the bottom of `said receptacle and 'arranged parallel to the walls thereof, partitions dividing the Space between said strips and the walls. into separate racks; for ,holding` utensils, said racks extending around the wallslo'r' the receptacle and leaving a space in the center between saidracks, there beingl a notch lin eachof the strips.` between adjacent partitions for receiving projectingportions of the utensilsy whenv mounted. inV the racks, a cooking stove arranged inthe central space in the receptacle surrounded by racks, and a cover Jfor said "receptacle adapted, when closed, to

retain said utensils and stove in their respective racks and space.

In testimony whereof I have signed myY name to. this specification.

- ARTHURl BISHOP; 

